Display-stand.



G.L.THOM."

DISPLAY STAND.

APPLICATION FILED n0v. 1|. 1914.

1,174,202. I Patented Mar. 7,1916.

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GEORGE LTHOMQOF BROOKLYN,1\TEW.YORK, ssIeNoa' roenoiieniunnrsolv co, I

NEW YORK, l\T. Y.,A CORPORATION OF YQR-K. i

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Patented'Mar; 1916,

Application filed'November 11, 1914. Serial No. 871,496. a

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE L; THOM, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings. and State of New York, have invented certain new 8 and useful Improvements in Display-Stands and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to display stands 8 I and more particularly to that type of stand for supporting an electric lamp upon which a revolving display, as showninPatent No. 807,841, to P. H. Korst, is mounted.

An object of this invention is-to provide a support for an incandescent lamp socket so that said socket may be maintained-in upright position. 7

A; further object of this invention is a provision ofa socket support formed of two pieces of material such. as cardboard orthe like. I

A further object of this invention is to provide a support for a revolving adverjtising display in which the support may in the form of a bracket and Figs. 5-and 6' show plan views of theblanks comprising a support of a pedestal formation.

As it is possible to place a revolving display upon an incandescent electric lamp in such a manner as to'permit said revolving display to operate by the heat generated by said lamp,'it is necessary to'pr'ovide a simple support whereby the socket in which an electric lamp is placed, may be maintained in upright position. This application v presents a simple device which servesthis purpose and it is understood that the material of which the several forms to be described are made, is not restricted to any particular line of material as it is possible to usev cardboard,fiber board or metal with equal satisfaction.

Referring to the drawings in which the several forms are shown, 10 indicates an electric fixture having the ordinary lamp socket 11 secured thereto and in this socket 1S placed the usual extension plug 12'to which the terminals of the'fiexible cord 13 are connected and the opposite terminals of said flexible cordare properly secured in an ordinary socketl which supports an incandescent light upon whichfa revolving display 15 is rotatably mounted. As this device is intended to cooperate with the Korst patent in producing-abomplete product, this device will be described as the support for the electric fixtures in uselwith'the Korst patent and this support comprises a blank 16 whichmay have a lug 17 formed thereon which is threaded through thereduced portions 22 and 23 to receive an ordmary lamp socket. Thetongues 20'ternmate in the lugs 24 for thepurposes here inafter described. In placing the socket in the holder, the enlarged portion thereof en-,

rters thev recess 21, the reduced end in which the bushing is placed throughfwhich the wires enter the socket,:enters the reduced portion 22 of the recess and the slot 23 receives a portion of the coacting member 25 j Cooperating with the base just described, is a blank 25 which is slotted as at 26to allow said blankbeing placed upon the support 19 and to form tongues which straddle the opposite sides of the base 19 to maintain the blank 25' in vertical position. This blank is recessed as at 27 to correspond with This bent portion isrecessed as at 30 and has slots 31 extending intothe ends 28 and 29 as shown, and when the'parts 28 and'29 the recess 22 of the base 19 and in forming T a bendable portion 28, a tongue 29 is struck 7 from the blank 25 substantially as shown, to allow the portions 28 and 29 being bent from the commonplaneof the portion 25. f i 1 are bent, the recess "32 is formed and corresponds withthe recess 21.

tion thereof, but the blank 29 is outlined as shown in Fig. 6 and said'blank is scoredto.

allow the parts 28 and 29 to be bent to the form shown Fig, 2, The electric socket "is then inserted in the blank by passingthe threaded end in Whiclbthe electric bulb is inserted, through the opening 30 and the body, portion ofthesocket-in the recess 32. The blank 25 with a socketmounted therein, lSftllGIl passed throughtherecesses 21, 22,

land 23=to cause the socket to 'engage in the recessv21 andaat the-same time'to cause the lugs .24 to pass up through the slots 31 when the device is properly assembled.

- InFigs. 3, there is shown a cut0ut'3 l to ".which an easel 35 may be attached andthe upper end of :this cutout is recessed in a manner similar to the'base 1%), in which the blank 25 i may be assembled i thereto.

Fig. 4:. is quite the same in having a bracket '86 to whichthe tongues37 and 38 -areformed and in having said tonguesengage screwzeyes"39which may be-placedin the wall or] any frame :upon which the bracket is desired to be =mounted. This bracketsis provided withthe recesses similar tothoseinathe base'l9. Y

Figs.f5and 6 showthetwo elements of .thea'support :which when made up, present a pedestal :and each :of the component z;blanks,; similar elements existand as shown, 40 indicates one base having legs 41 formed thereonand 42 is a complemental member having :legs 1&3 formed thereon :as well as 7 showing by dotted lines. at 44, an indication .for; a scoring to enable r the members 28 and 29, being swung Wltll respect kto I the major portion: in that blank. 7

It fis apparent from the foregoing that -When:.the.tw0 members. are assembled,they

cross each: otheriand serve to:reinjforce each other alongithe linesof intersection. It is also apparent ithat modifications may be.

made Without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described this invention '1 1.111 a support of the class described, interlocking complemental members, having recesses of the configuration of a lamp socket formed therein, one of said members having an enlarged advertisementbearing space,and one ofsaid members having a bendable retaining ring formed thereon, for

engagement with-the other member.

2. In a support of the class described, interlocking complemental members, each of said members being cut to form a recess having the configuration of the exterior lines of a'lamp socket, each of said members'having a slotformedj therein to receive a portion of the other member therein, and a retaining ying formed onone of said members, to retain a socket in saidrecesses, and to engage the other member, to hold saidmembers in proper relation. I

3. Ina support of the class described, in-

terlocking complemental members, each of formed therein, and the other of said mem-' bers having a recess formed therein to conform with the lamp receiving recess formed ,in:theother.ofsaid members, and a bendable retaining portion for engagement'with said-first mentionedmember.

In testimony whereof I my signature in presence of two witnesses. Y

i GEORGE L. THOM. Witnesses; V

ADOLPH L. Moon, MARY- JANE, PERRY.

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